/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode() : val(0), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x, ListNode *next) : val(x), next(next) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    ListNode* middleNode(ListNode* head) {
        vector<ListNode*> A = { head };
        while (A.back()->next != NULL)
        {
             A.push_back(A.back()->next);
        }
           
        return A[A.size() / 2];
    }
};


/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode() : val(0), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x, ListNode *next) : val(x), next(next) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    ListNode* mergeTwoLists(ListNode* l1, ListNode* l2) {
        ListNode* preHead = new ListNode(-1);

        ListNode* prev = preHead;
        while (l1 != nullptr && l2 != nullptr)
        {
            if (l1->val < l2->val)
            {
                prev->next = l1;
                l1 = l1->next;
            }
            else
            {
                prev->next = l2;
                l2 = l2->next;
            }
            prev = prev->next;
        }

        prev->next = l1 == nullptr ? l2 : l1;

        return preHead->next;
    }
};


